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Hubbard parameters for programmable tweezer arrays

Quantum Gases 2024-01-22 v3 Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

The experimental realization of Fermi-Hubbard tweezer arrays opens a new stage for engineering fermionic matter, where programmable lattice geometries and Hubbard model parameters are combined with single-site imaging. In order to use these versatile experimental Fermi-Hubbard models as quantum simulators, it is crucial to know the Hubbard parameters describing them. Here we develop methods to calculate the Hubbard model parameters of arbitrary two-dimensional lattice geometries: the tunneling tt, on-site potential VV, and interaction UU, for multiple bands and for both fermions and bosons. We show several examples. One notable finding is that a finite array of equally strong and separated individual tweezer potentials actually sums to give a non-periodic total potential and thus spatially non-uniform Hubbard parameters. We demonstrate procedures to find trap configurations that equalize these parameters. More generally, these procedures solve the inverse problem of calculating Hubbard parameters: given desired Hubbard parameters, find trap configurations to realize them. These methods will be critical tools for using tunnel-coupled tweezer arrays.

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@article{arxiv.2306.03019,
  title  = {Hubbard parameters for programmable tweezer arrays},
  author = {Hao-Tian Wei and Eduardo Ibarra-García-Padilla and Michael L. Wall and Kaden R. A. Hazzard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.03019},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, 8 figures

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